atoko

== Hopi == === Etymology === Possibly from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *a-koto (literally “that crane”), with deictic prefix *a- and subsequent metathesis (*koto > *toko) in Hopi. By surface analysis, a- (3rd person singular prefix) +‎ *toko. === Noun === atoko (plural aʼatokt, combining form atok-) crane, particularly sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis) (by extension) any long-legged wading bird that resembles a crane; i.e., heron or stork ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Hopi Dictionary Project, The (1998), Hopi Dictionary: Hopìikwa Lavàytutuveni: A Hopi Dictionary of the Third Mesa Dialect with an English-Hopi Finder List and a Sketch of Hopi Grammar, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, page 37